Marriage of Oliverez
(California Court of Appeal) - In a marital dissolution case, held that a particular piece of real estate was community property. Reversed the judgment below.
Herriott v. Herriott
(California Court of Appeal) - Affirmed the issuance of mutual restraining orders in a case where a divorced, elderly couple had been involved in a series of incidents. The husband had appealed from the restraining orders.
In re Marriage of C.T. and R.B.
(California Court of Appeal) - Reversed a child custody order on the basis that it was not supported by the evidence. The order would have changed primary physical custody from the mother in California to the father in Arkansas.
Marriage of Martin
(California Court of Appeal) - Held that a spousal support obligation did not terminate upon an ex-spouse's remarriage because the couple had agreed in writing that the relevant provision of the California Family Code would not apply. Recommended that a particular form on which the couple had left a box unchecked, leading to this result, be revised. Reversed a postjudgment order.
In re Marriage of Wong
(California Court of Appeal) - Held that a party had appealed nonappealable orders. Dismissed the appeal, in relevant part, in a dispute between the first and second wives of a deceased man regarding ownership of certain assets.
Conservatorship of O.B.
(California Court of Appeal) - Affirmed an order establishing a limited conservatorship of the person in a case involving a woman with autism spectrum disorder who objected to the conservatorship and to the appointment of her mother and elder sister as conservators.
Sturm v. Moyer
(California Court of Appeal) - In a case where a creditor sought to collect a judgment, held that California's Uniform Voidable Transactions Act may apply to a fraudulent agreement between spouses to prevent collection of the debt. The debtor's premarital agreement here said that each spouse's earnings and other property acquired during marriage would not become community property.
In re marriage of Ciprari
(California Court of Appeal) - In a marital dissolution proceeding, resolved issues involving child and spousal support awards, division of assets and other matters.
In re marriage of Anka and Yeager
(California Court of Appeal) - Affirmed monetary sanctions against a family law attorney for disclosing information contained in a confidential child custody evaluation report. However, reversed the order for sanctions against the client.
Darab N. v. Olivera
(California Court of Appeal) - Affirmed rulings in a custody dispute between parents of a toddler who was born with heroin in her system.
In re marriage of Perow and Uzelac
(California Court of Appeal) - Affirmed an award of sanctions in the form of attorney fees in a marital dissolution proceeding. Addressed a procedural issue related to bringing a motion for sanctions in this context.
In re Marriage of Begian and Sarajian
(California Court of Appeal) - Held that an interspousal transaction was not a transmutation of the husband's community interest in certain real property. The document he signed left ambiguous what his intent was. Reversed.
Pont v. Pont
(California Court of Appeal) - Held that a former husband was entitled to an attorney fee award when he prevailed in his former wife's lawsuit alleging that he siphoned some of the marriage's community assets. Fee awards were authorized under a stipulated divorce judgment if the parties ended up back in court.
In re E.T.
(California Court of Appeal) - Reversed an order terminating a mother's parental rights. Held that this was the rare case where the juvenile court erred in determining that termination was best for the children.
County of Riverside v. Estabrook
(California Court of Appeal) - Reversed a judgment of non-paternity. Held that the family court should have ordered genetic testing to determine whether a man was the father of a child born to another man's wife.
Eyrie
Tim Winton ponders place, status and the mining boom, while discussing his new novel Eyrie.
All That I Am
All That I Am is a superb translation of history drawing extensively on personal accounts and published material.
Clare Calvet's Book of the Week: Country Girl - a Memoir
COUNTRY GIRL A memoirby Edna O'Brien
Review: 'Tamlyn' by James Moloney
Sitxteen-year-old Silvermay is in love with a wizard called Tamlyn - who comes from a race that only care about themselves.
Review: 'Wotan's Daughter' by Richard Davis
Gold Coast author Richard Davis says the time is ripe to re-evaluate the life of Australian opera singer, Marjorie Lawrence.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Set in San Francisco in the desolate aftermath of World War Terminus, the enjoyable science fiction novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' follows the journey of two humans who remain on Earth instead of undertaking the more usual interplanetary emigration.
Neuromancer
As punishment for having stolen from his employer, our antihero, drug-addicted twenty-four year old 'Case' has had his nervous system crippled with mycotoxin, preventing him from entering the cyberspace system known as the Matrix.
Pretty Monsters
If you were looking for chills and thrills in your reading, you are better off looking elsewhere than in this fairly uneven collection of stories.
The Left Hand of Darkness
A classic of the genre that only lightly shows its age, this novel is more an essay in speculative Anthropology than Science fiction per se.
Running With Scissors
Running With Scissors is a humourous yet disturbing account of his observations of the unhinged world he now inhabits.